Ronald Reagan said to vote with your feet.
Forty years later, many Americans are still following his advice and moving to what they think is better.
The annual study of interstate migration by United Van Lines shows that Florida is a big draw because of its sunshine, warmth, and no individual state income tax.
The study has been done by United Van Lines. It is based on interstate household moves handled by United in the lower 48 states and Washington D.C.
The company moved over 100,000 customers between states in the year 2021, according to Eily.
21,560 people responded to the survey. These are significant numbers. Some recent trends were confirmed, but also contained some surprises.
In Florida in the year 2021, 62 percent of the interstate moves performed by the moving giant were people moving into the state, and 38 percent were people moving out.
The Florida move-in to move-out ratio was the fifth highest in the nation, behind Vermont, South Dakota, and South Carolina.
Tennessee had a move-in to move-out ratio of 62 to 38 percent, while Texas had a move-in to move-out ratio of 54 to 46 percent.
This was the first time in the history of the study that West Virginia ranked so high. This seems to be part of a trend of Americans moving from areas of high population density to areas of lower population density.
Six of the top 10 states have a population density of less than 100 people per square mile. People are moving into metropolitan and rural areas rather than into densely populated urban centers.
The trend may be related to the Pandemic. The ability of many people to work remotely may be the reason for the increase in moves to the less crowded states.
New Jersey is the state with the highest percentage of moving out at 71 percent, followed by Illinois at 67 percent, New York at 63 percent, Connecticut at 60 percent, and California at 59 percent.
The survey showed that 33 percent of customers moved across state lines for a new job. In the survey of 2015, the figure was 60 percent.
64 percent of responding customers said they were moving to Washington D.C. because they were taking a new job.
The survey showed that 32% of customers moved to be closer to family.
Moving closer to family has not been one of our responses. It seems to have come to the attention of the public due to the Pandemic. Forty-eight percent of the customers who responded said they moved to Michigan to be close to family.
There has been a lot of movement out of New Jersey and New York to Florida and the Carolinas. The majority of those leaving New Jersey went to Florida. Twenty-one percent of our customers moved to Florida in the year 2021.
Steven Kovac is a writer.
Steven is a reporter for the Epoch Times. He is a former small businessman, elected official, and conservative political activist. He is a minister. Steven and his wife have two daughters. He can be reached at 888-492-0.
